Spice is a restaurant aggregator and incubator focused on growing between 5-8 small QSR, FSR and fast casual restaurant concepts into nationally and internationally branded chains. We use free cash flow generated from each concept to fund future chain growth, placing equal emphasis on best operational and cost saving practices, quality and originality of menu items and staff retention and growth opportunities within the company. Spice is constantly searching to partner with successful operators of innovative concepts. We exercise management and financial control over each concept, freeing our operator partners to focus on delivering the best dining experience to our customers.

Restored a dilapidated hamlet in the countryside of central Tuscany between 2000-2005 to create a nine bedroom luxury vacation destination catering to groups of friends, families, weddings and lovers of beauty.

Litigation and corporate counsel to trusts and estates practice handling issues including disposition of trust and estate assets, prosecution and defense of claims on behalf of executors and trustees.

Litigation and corporate counsel for a diverse range of individual and corporate clients. Highlights include: Drafted and assisted in negotiating joint venture agreements, restaurant leases and corporate formational and governance documents for a hospitality group engaged in growing three concepts into multi-unit chains; prosecuted trademark applications with USPTO for an online retailer; provided litigation and corporate services to successful local restaurant entrepreneur; negotiated and closed asset and equity purchases for clients in diverse industries including hospitality, veterinary, finance, fitness and health, construction and waste management.

Author of historical fiction/political/suspense thriller set in Renaissance Florence. In the aftermath of the Medici return to power in 1513 which marked the downfall of Florence's brief period of freedom from Medici rule, disgraced politician Niccolò Macchiavelli uncovers a plot to assassinate former members of the Republic, including himself. He teams up with his friend Leonardo da Vinci and Lisa Gherardini (Mona Lisa) to expose the efforts of a secret sect of Savonarola's zealous followers to exact revenge against Savonarola's persecutors and restore his conservative religious rule to the City.

Litigation attorney representing television company in preliminary injunction proceeding and lessee of World Trade Center in 9/11 litigation.

Senior level associate at intellectual property law firm; represented a variety of authors, entertainers and publishers in transactional matters and contract and copyright disputes; conducted monthly pre-publication reviews for digital magazine, identified potential defamation issues and communicated with editorial staff and publisher regarding same; assisted in preparation of trademark applications.

Litigation associate involved with defense of large corporate clients in copyright infringement, insurance, pharmaceuticals and securities cases.

Purchasing agent overseeing progress of Upper East Side residential apartment building construction; inspected subcontractor work and approved progress payments.